I finally made it to the paint store to purchase my Annie Sloan chalk paint. Many bloggers are already in love with it. When I learned of this paint on Miss Mustard Seed’s Blog. I was very excited to try it. I did some research to determine where I could purchase the paint and wax, only […]
Archives for May 2011
Silver with a Past
Yes, I have been saying tarnished silver is in, but I think some of you didn’t believe me. Well, I took the advice of Carolyn at Leftovers (Click here) and got a tarnished piece of silver, that I don’t plan to polish. (Don’t tell my mother-in-law!!) I admit that I will still be polishing some of my […]
LAZY MARTHA project Vintage Feedsack Pillows
I promised to show how I made the daybed cover and pillows in Dreamy Daybed Redo click here, and here is the “how to” for the pillows. I made four different types of pillows (all from vintage feedsacks) and the daybed cover. This post is about the large pillows with the single blue stripe, shown below. Feedsack pillow on […]
Cedar Hill Vintage Silver
Well, I love silver and thought that the ranch needed some. Okay, there was some silverplate there, I meant that it needed some more. Did I say that out loud? So, I was looking on eBay to see what they had in the way of silver-plate, when I saw exactly what I wanted, even better. I […]
Cedar Hill Wildflower Guide
Spring weather is almost over here in Texas, but I want to prolong the spring feeling as long as I can. To do that I have included a link to my wildflower guide. These are wildlflowers or berries or other flora we have found at the ranch. Overall, there are almost 100 plants identified in […]
Dreamy Daybed Redo with Feedsacks and Linen
I wasn’t going to blog about this project yet, since I have several posts already written and pretty much ready to go, but I couldn’t stand it any longer. This is what I did ALL of last week. I will show pictures later of how I made the pillows and the cover for the daybed but here are the […]
English Ironstone
English Ironstone I wanted to update you on the ironware pitcher I purchased at Leftovers recently. Click here to see post. I bought the pitcher that is the second one down on the right in the photo below. I am really beginning to love English ironstone as much as my friend Caroline does. Here is what Martha […]